Installing the Offsite Backup Manager (ocBackup Manager) for Windows

Summary:

How to install the Offsite Backup Manager for Windows

 

Applies to:

Software: Offsite Backup Manager

Version: 5.X.X.X & up

OS: Windows

 

Instructions:

1. Download the windows installer file from the download page http://www.offsitecomputerbackup.com/download.
   
   
2. Follow the instructions on the installation wizard to complete the installation.
   
   
3. After installation is complete, choose "Launch ocBackup Manager" and click Finish.
   
   
4. If you are using a proxy server to access the internet, please fill in the Proxy setting section and press the Next button.
   
   
5. If you DON'T already have a backup account. (otherwise, skip to step 6 below)
   
   
   1. Enter the [Login Name], [Password] and [Confirm Password] of your choice.
   2. Enter your [Email] in the text field provided.
   3. Press the [Submit] button.
   4. You should now be logged onto the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name).
   5. You will be directed to the "New BackupSet Wizard" to setup the first backupset.
6. If you DO already have a backup account (otherwise, go back to step 5 above)
   
   1. Select Already a user?
   2. Enter your Login Name and password.
   3. Click OK to login to your account.
      (Note: if this is the first time the account has been logged into on this computer, the Backup Manager will fetch the account settings from our servers.
   4. You will be directed to the dashboard of the Backup Manager.
      
      
7. Setup completed.

Important Notes:

1. All settings are stored "server side", meaning our servers keep the master copy of all settings and they are cached to the local Backup Manager.  Each time the Backup Manager opens, it fetches the current account profile from our server.
2. Because of how settings are only cached, please make sure to only have 1 instance of Backup Manger open at a time.  This applies to both on a single PC and for ALL PC's utilizing the same backup account.  Otherwise, it is possible to overwrite setting changes back to the server when closing each Backup Manager.
3. When adding multiple computers to the same backup account. Be sure to create a new backupset for each computer.  It is extremely easy to mess up the settings for other backupsets by installing on more than 1 computer and adjusting the settings without first creating a new backupset specific to that computer.  Further, each time ANY of the settings are changed, be sure to FIRST select the corresponding backupset from the drop-down list at the top of the settings screen.
4. Re-Read the 3 notes above as they are actually very important and easy to mess up... even for those who think they know everything.

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